Aging Social Policies: An International Perspective

About this book

Our population is aging. What will we do about it? Due to population explosion and a global increase in average life expectancies an unprecedentedly high percentage of the worlds population is aging. By the middle of this century there will be up to 2 billion individuals over the age of 65 a demographic shift never before experienced in our human history. In addition declining birth rates in industrialized countries means a decrease in the number of adults under 64. In Aging Social Policies: An International Perspective the authors consider how policy domestic and international affects and will continue to affect the lives of our aging population.